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INSIDER January 2026

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Updates from ARCS Scholars

& Scholar Alumni

Avery Pong (2025–2026 ARCS Scholar at UCSD), a leader at Nucleate
San Diego, was excited to share the organization’s 2024–2025 Impact Report,
which underscores its commitment to equity in STEM and its role in uniting
academia, industry, and nonprofit partners across San Diego’s biotech
ecosystem.

In 2024, Nucleate expanded to 45+ chapters across 21 countries, uniting 800+
volunteer leaders, 600+ teams, and 180+ ventures that have collectively raised

$570M+ to advance human and planetary health.
This year’s report centers on the people behind the science: PhD students,
post-docs, and early-career researchers launching companies at a time when
support systems are disappearing. You can learn more about Nucleate and the

2024-2025 Impact Report here: https://nucleatehq.medium.com/amid-funding-cuts-
nucleates-2024-2025-impact-report-spotlights-a-resilient-pipeline-of-c0250518a12d

Renny Ng (2025-2026 ARCS Scholar at UCSD) was thrilled to present
his research at the Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego in mid-
November. The title of his paper was “Day/night cycles regulate pheromone
acuity to gate rhythmic social behavior.”